Aachen \u2014 Follo\u00adwing a successful final closing, the Tech\u00adVi\u00adsion Fund (TVF) II now has a fund volume of more than \u20ac 50 million. TVF II is the fourth gene\u00adra\u00adtion of venture capi\u00adtal funds1 mana\u00adged by the TVF Manage\u00adment GmbH team. The fund invests in the most promi\u00adsing tech start-ups in various verti\u00adcals from the pre-seed and seed phase onwards. The focus is on teams from the Rhineland\/NRW and Eure\u00adgio Meuse-Rhine (Netherlands\/Belgium) regions. <\/p>\n
Public and private inves\u00adtors back high-growth tech start-ups<\/strong><\/p>\n The TVF relies on a strong inves\u00adtor ecosys\u00adtem. In addi\u00adtion to NRW.BANK, Spar\u00adkasse Aachen and other regio\u00adnal savings banks, this also includes nume\u00adrous entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial private inves\u00adtors from the fund\u2019s network. \u2014 New inves\u00adtors include Helaba<\/strong> (Landes\u00adbank Hessen-Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen) and entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs such as Erich Borsch<\/strong> (Co-Foun\u00adder Aixigo), J\u00fcrgen and Leo May<\/strong> (JM Holding), Alex\u00adan\u00adder Stoff\u00aders<\/strong> (next audit, Co-Foun\u00adder Modell Aachen) as well as Dr. Reik Winkel<\/strong> and Dr. Chris\u00adtian Augus\u00adtin<\/strong> (foun\u00adders of indu\u00adrad GmbH). <\/p>\n Focus on early-stage companies membion GmbH<\/strong>: The company from Roet\u00adgen (near Aachen) has deve\u00adlo\u00adped an inno\u00adva\u00adtive tech\u00adno\u00adlogy for waste\u00adwa\u00adter treat\u00adment. This can save up to 75 percent instal\u00adla\u00adtion space and over 90 percent energy compared to the current stan\u00addard. In Decem\u00adber 2023, TVF II inves\u00adted five million euros toge\u00adther with the DeepT\u00adech & Climate Fund (DTCF). <\/p>\n Viva\u00adlyx GmbH<\/strong>: Viva\u00adlyx has crea\u00adted the liquid \u201cOmni\u00adsol\u201d \u2014 a type of synthe\u00adtic blood \u2014 to better preserve organs that are remo\u00adved for trans\u00adplan\u00adta\u00adtion. In combi\u00adna\u00adtion with its own \u201cFlow\u00ads\u00adtore\u201d trans\u00adport system, it is possi\u00adble to trans\u00adport organs over much longer distances and peri\u00adods of time without dama\u00adging them. In April 2024, TVF II inves\u00adted around EUR 7 million with co-inves\u00adtors to tackle the appr\u00adoval proces\u00adses in the USA (FDA) and Europe (CE). <\/p>\n Black Semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor GmbH<\/strong>: The semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor start-up from Aachen has deve\u00adlo\u00adped an important tech\u00adno\u00adlogy for connec\u00adting micro\u00adchips based on graphene. This makes data trans\u00admis\u00adsion more powerful and energy-effi\u00adci\u00adent, which is beco\u00adming incre\u00adasingly important for data centers, espe\u00adci\u00adally in view of the growing compu\u00adting requi\u00adre\u00adments of AI. Toge\u00adther with leading inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal venture capi\u00adtal funds and IPCEI funding from the state of North Rhine-West\u00adpha\u00adlia and the Fede\u00adral Repu\u00adblic of Germany, the DeepT\u00adech company recei\u00adved around 250 million euros. <\/p>\n IonKraft GmbH<\/strong>: A spin-off from the Insti\u00adtute of Plas\u00adtics Proces\u00adsing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen Univer\u00adsity, IonKraft has deve\u00adlo\u00adped a coating process for plas\u00adtic contai\u00adners that inhi\u00adbits diffu\u00adsion into, out of and through them, makes them resistant to chemi\u00adcals and protects the contents. This elimi\u00adna\u00adtes the need for multi-layer solu\u00adti\u00adons, replaces PFAS-contai\u00adning layers and ensu\u00adres recy\u00adcla\u00adbi\u00adlity. To acce\u00adle\u00adrate the company\u2019s growth, TVF II inves\u00adted EUR 3.5 million toge\u00adther with co-inves\u00adtors in Novem\u00adber 2024. <\/p>\n Plan\u00adted GmbH<\/strong>: Plan\u00adted offers a SaaS plat\u00adform for CSRD report\u00ading and ESG moni\u00adto\u00adring to support service compa\u00adnies in achie\u00adving their sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity goals. Custo\u00admers are also able to auto\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcally offset their emis\u00adsi\u00adons through their own climate protec\u00adtion projects (refo\u00adre\u00adsta\u00adtion). In Decem\u00adber last year, TVF II and co-inves\u00adtors inves\u00adted a total of EUR 3.8 million in the Colo\u00adgne-based company. <\/p>\n From foun\u00adda\u00adtion to startup to inde\u00adpen\u00addent company The fund will run until 2035. \u201cWe have the stay\u00ading power to support compa\u00adnies until they are strong enough for inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors,\u201d says Dr. Ansgar Schlei\u00adcher, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner of the Tech\u00adVi\u00adsion Fund<\/strong>. \u201cWith our current resour\u00adces, we are excel\u00adlently posi\u00adtio\u00adned to enable further deep tech teams to become successful compa\u00adnies. We are always at the side of the start-ups, not only as finan\u00adciers, but also as entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial spar\u00adring part\u00adners and strategists.\u201d <\/p>\n 1 The prede\u00adces\u00adsor funds were the Seed Fonds Aachen I + II and the still active Tech\u00adVi\u00adsion Fonds I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Aachen \u2014 Follo\u00adwing a successful final closing, the Tech\u00adVi\u00adsion Fund (TVF) II now has a fund volume of more than \u20ac 50 million. TVF II is the fourth gene\u00adra\u00adtion of venture capi\u00adtal funds1 mana\u00adged by the TVF Manage\u00adment GmbH team. The fund invests in the most promi\u00adsing tech start-ups in various verti\u00adcals from the pre-seed [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\n Since 2007, the expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced TVF team has finan\u00adced and deve\u00adlo\u00adped over 40 inno\u00adva\u00adtive start-ups in the fields of biotech, soft\u00adware, semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtors, mecha\u00adni\u00adcal engi\u00adnee\u00adring, deep tech, medtech and new mate\u00adri\u00adals. Since the launch of TVF II in 2023, five start-ups have alre\u00adady been financed: <\/p>\n
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\n TVF focu\u00adses on the early finan\u00adcing phases of start\u00adups and is often the first insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtor. It sees itself as a go-to VC in the incre\u00adasingly successful startup ecosys\u00adtem in the Rhine\u00adland and the border region in Belgium and the Nether\u00adlands. The pool of inno\u00adva\u00adtions in this focus region is large: a start-up ecosys\u00adtem has deve\u00adlo\u00adped around inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally renow\u00adned rese\u00adarch insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons and univer\u00adsi\u00adties as well as with an estab\u00adlished consul\u00adting and invest\u00adment network, which, with the NRW start-up capi\u00adtal Aachen, is one of the leading ones in Germany. As a part\u00adner of the Gate\u00adway Factory, which has just recei\u00adved milli\u00adons of euros in funding, the TVF is actively invol\u00adved in the further expan\u00adsion and success of the Aachen-D\u00fcssel\u00addorf-Colo\u00adgne start-up region. <\/p>\n